NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRY AND GEOMETRY OVER THE FIELD WITH ONE
ELEMENT

May 15 to May 18, 2008

The purpose of the workshop is to explore
several aspects connected with the potential
relations between Noncommutative Geometry and the geometry over the
field with one element F1. The series of advances made in
Arakelov's geometry
in the last several years revealed
interesting new relations to $p$-adic analysis, motives, dynamical
systems and noncommutative geometry. On the other hand, recent results
in noncommutative geometry have shown that the thermodynamics of
noncommutative spaces allows to define a notion of points for such spaces
which bears
striking analogies with the ``points over the algebraic closure of
the field F1.'' This workshop will focus on the recent
developments in both fields and their relations with zeta functions.

This workshop is financed with funds provided by the NSF-FRG grant
0652164
``Noncommutative Geometry and Number Theory'' of the four organizers.
A small number of experts who have been working on these
topics will deliver expository talks and/or present
results which are connected with the main themes of the workshop. The
participants, that will also include postdocs and graduate students
working in connected areas, will be encouraged to exchange ideas and hold
informal topical discussions.

People participating in the annual spring institute on Noncommutative
Geometry and Operator Algebras from May 5 to May 14, 2008, are welcome
to participate in this workshop as well. In particular, we encourage the
graduate students and young postdocs to attend.

The following list is inclusive of postdoctoral assistants and graduate
students who will be invited to participate to the workshop and
eventually also to contribute with talks:
A. Banerjee (JHU), E. Ha (JHU), A. Kaygun
(Ohio State U.), S. Mahanta (U. of Toronto), B. Mesland (MPI),
J. Plazas-Vargas (IHES), A. Rej (MPI).

Accommodation

We list a few hotels which are within walking distance of 1.2
miles or less from the Mathematic Department, Vanderbilt University.
Many of the rooms are doubles and can be shared. We recommend that you
make your reservations as soon as possible in the hotel of your choice.
1. Courtyard
by Marriott
Address - 1901 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203
Hotel Phone - 615-327-9900
Toll free - 800-245-1959
Fax - 615-327-8127

Remark 1:
Sometimes the best hotel room rates can be obtained by reserving a room
via the internet or booking together with flights. Remark 2: The Extended Stay America has offered good rates in
the past for longer stays (weekly rates). You may want to check it out
first and compare rates.